Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 224-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Inpatient treatment pathway for veterans
o Does your Trust have a dedicated inpatient treatment pathway specifically for veterans? If so, please provide details.
Our response:
Veterans may access specialist support through Op COURAGE, the NHS Veterans Mental Health and Wellbeing Service, which provides tailored care across inpatient and community settings. We work closely with these services to ensure appropriate referrals and support.
The Trust is also participating in the RCPsych ‘Culture of Care’ programme, a key strand of which is developing our inpatient services to deliver Trauma Informed care, which may be relevant to, but not specific to military veterans.
You asked:
2. Veteran staff employed by the Trust
o How many members of staff currently employed by your Trust identify as veterans?
o Please provide this information broken down by gender.
Our response:
| Supplementary Role | Female | Male | Grand Total |
| Armed Forces Family Member | 25 | 1 | 26 |
| Armed Forces Reservist | 2 | 2 | |
| Armed Forces Veteran | 10 | 18 | 28 |
You asked:
3. Veterans treated within the Trust in the last 12 months
o How many veterans have been treated by your Trust in the last 12 months?
o Please provide a breakdown by division/service (e.g., Adult Mental Health, Forensic services, etc.), and specify whether treatment was provided in inpatient or community care settings where possible.
Our response:
| Service | Dependant of ex-British Forces member | Ex-British Forces member | Partner of ex-British Forces member | Grand Total |
| Mental Health | 251 | 1071 | 62 | 1384 |
| Talking Therapies | 162 | 338 | 500 | |
| Dementia & Later Life MHSOP | 9 | 212 | 13 | 234 |
| Crisis Resolution Home Treatmt | 12 | 127 | 139 | |
| Memory Assessment | 118 | 7 | 125 | |
| Other Service | 29 | 25 | 24 | 78 |
| Psychiatric Liaison | 69 | 69 | ||
| MHICT Nursing | 51 | 7 | 58 | |
| Recovery | 42 | 42 | ||
| Core CAMHS | 23 | 23 | ||
| Perinatal Mental Health | 10 | 11 | 21 | |
| CPI | 17 | 17 | ||
| Eating Disorders | 11 | 5 | 16 | |
| Criminal Justice Liaison | 13 | 13 | ||
| AMHP | 10 | 10 | ||
| Trailblazer | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| ADHD & ASC Countywide | 9 | 9 | ||
| Specialist Services | 9 | 9 | ||
| Complex Emotional Needs | 6 | 6 | ||
| MH Inpatients | 5 | 5 | ||
| Physical Health | 193 | 193 | ||
| ICT | 119 | 119 | ||
| District Nursing (ENDS) | 24 | 24 | ||
| Podiatry | 16 | 16 | ||
| Other Service | 13 | 13 | ||
| Spec Therapy & Equip Services | 8 | 8 | ||
| Community Inpatients | 8 | 8 | ||
| Long Term Conditions | 5 | 5 | ||
| Grand Total | 251 | 1264 | 62 | 1577 |
You asked:
4. Support for the Armed Forces community
o What specific support does your Trust offer for the Armed Forces community (including serving personnel, reservists, veterans, and their families)?
Our response:
The Trust is proud to be a Veteran Aware organisation and a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant (Gold award). This means we are committed to ensuring that veterans and members of the Armed Forces community are not disadvantaged when accessing healthcare. We support our staff who are reservists, including paid time off for training and deployment and we hold bi-monthly Veterans & Forces families meetings to provide peer support, share updates, and promote awareness, we also participate in Armed Forces Day and other awareness initiatives.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.